fermeture

\fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ\

/\fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fermeture” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,332
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif qui sert à fermer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fermeture · fermeture · French

fermeture · rank #3,332 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,332
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fallu

Nearest frequency peer: fallu (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fermeture »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fermeture » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fermeture vs fermetures
90% similar
fermeture vs fermeté
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fermeture
PropertyValue
Headwordfermeture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,332
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fermeture »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fermeturese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fallu » (#3,331), « fondateur » (#3,333), « expert » (#3,330). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fermeture » est au #3,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around fermeture (IPA \fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,332 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fermeture, with forms such as "efrmeture", "femreture", and "feremture". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fermetures", "fermeté", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fermeture, spelled F-E-R-M-E-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositif qui sert à fermer.
  2. 2
    Action de fermer, de clore.
  3. 3
    Cessation d'activité d'une industrie, d'un commerce ou d'un service public.
  4. 4
    Opération sur un ensemble dont le résultat en fait toujours partie.
  5. 5
    Type de fonction anonyme qui peut dépendre du contexte de son appel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fermeture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […], par lesquelles nous sommes entré dans une chapelle profanée voûtée, dont la fermeture de la porte est garnie de ses bandes et gonds, fort vieille et caduque, fermant à clef, […].
  2. Ma robe a dû se coincer dans la fermeture du coffre quand il l'a claqué.

Synonyms

closureclôture

This word in other languages

fastener(English)Verschluss(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efrmeture
  • femreture
  • feremture
  • fermetrue
  • fermetture
  • fermetuer
  • fermeturre
  • fermeutre
  • fermmeture
  • fermteure
  • ferrmeture
  • ffermeture
  • fremeture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fermeture - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efrmeture2femreture2feremture2fermetrue2fermetture1fermetuer2fermeturre1fermeutre2
Edit distance from "fermeture"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fermeture"?
"fermeture" is spelled F-E-R-M-E-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ\.
What does "fermeture" mean?
As a noun, "fermeture" means: Dispositif qui sert à fermer.
What words are commonly confused with "fermeture"?
"fermeture" is commonly confused with "fermetures", "fermeté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fermeture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fermeture" is \fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fermeture" come from?
"fermeture" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fermeture", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fondateur#3,333dynamique#3,328convaincu#3,322champagne#3,320

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

organisée13 variantssyndicat13 variantsabandonner13 variantsremarquer13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list